Bhavaraju, N.C., Cao, H., Yuan, D.Y., Valvano, J.W. and John G. Webster, Measurement of Directional Thermal Properties of Biomaterials. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 48, 261 -267, 2001.

Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Vorperian, V. R., and Webster, J. G., Temperature measurement within myocardium during in vitro RF catheter ablation, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 47, 1518-1524, 2000.

Cao, H., Vorperian, V.R., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Tsai, J.-Z., Haemmerich, D., Choy, Y. B. and Webster, J.G., Flow Effect on Lesion Formation in RF Cardiac Catheter Ablation, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 48, 425-433, 2001.

Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Choy, Y.B., Tsai, J.-Z., Vorperian, V.R., and Webster, J.G., Using electrical impedance to predict catheter-endocardial contact during RF cardiac ablation, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 49, 247-253, 2002.

Cao, H., Speidel, M.A., Tsai, J.-Z., Van Lysel, M.S., Vorperian, V.R., and Webster, J.G., FEM analysis of the system impedance of RF cardiac catheter ablation as prediction of the electrode-myocardium contact, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 49, 520-526, 2002.

dos Santos, I., Will, J.A., da Rocha, A. F., de Nascimento, F.A., Webster, J. G., and Valvano, J. W., In vivo measurement of heat transfer on the endocardial surface, Physiol. Meas. 24, 793-804, 2003.

dos Santos, I., Shah, J., da Rocha, A. F., Webster, J. G., and Valvano, J. W., An instrument to measure the heat convection coefficient on the endocardial surface, Physiol. Meas. 24, 321-335, 2003.

Choy, Y.B., Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., Haemmerich, D., Vorperian, V.R., Will, J.A., and Webster, J.G., Preserving Mechanical Compliance of the Endocardium Using Wisconsin Solution, J. Biomech., submitted 2001.

Choy, Y.B., Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Tsai, J.-Z., Haemmerich, D., Vorperian, V.R., and Webster, J.G., Mechanical Compliance of the Endocardium, J. Biomech., 35, 1671-6, 2002.

Gopalakrishnan, J., A mathematical model for irrigated epicardial radiofrequency ablation", Ann. Biomed. Eng., 30, 884-93, 2002.

Lai, Y.C., Choy, Y.B., Haemmerich, D., Vorperian, V.R., Webster, J.G., Lesion size estimator of cardiac radiofrequency ablation at different common locations with different tip temperatures (alternative version), IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 51, 1859-64, 2004.

Tsai, J.-Z., Will, J.A., Vorperian, V.R., Van Stelle, S.H., Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Choy, Y.B., and Webster, J. G., In vitro measurement of myocardial impedivity anisotropy with a miniature rectangular tube, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 50, 528-532, 2003.

Tsai, J.-Z., H. Cao, S. Tungjitkusolmun, E. J. Woo, V. R. Vorperian, J. G. Webster, Dependence of apparent resistance of four-electrode probes on insertion depth, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 47, 41-48, 2000.

Tsai, J.-Z., Will, J.A., Van Stelle, S.H., Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Choy, Y.B., Haemmerich, D., Vorperian, V.R., and Webster, J. G., Error analysis of tissue resistivity measurement, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 49, 484-494, 2002.

Tsai, J.-Z., Will, J.A., Van Stelle, S.H., Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Choy, Y.B., Haemmerich, D., Vorperian, V.R., and Webster, J. G., In vivo measurement of swine myocardial resistivity, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 49, 472-483, 2002.

Tangwongsan, Chanchana; Will, James A.; Webster, J.G., Kenneth L. Meredith, Jr., and David M. Mahvi, In Vivo Measurement of Swine Endocardial Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 51, No. 8, 1478-1486, Augest, 2004.

Tungjitkusolmun, S., Woo. E. J., Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., Vorperian, V. R., and Webster, J. G. Finite element analyses of uniform current density electrodes for radiofrequency cardiac ablation. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 47, 32-40, 2000.

Tungjitkusolmun, S., Woo, E. J., Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., Vorperian, V. R., and Webster, J. G.., Thermal-electrical finite element modeling for radio-frequency cardiac ablation: effects of changes in myocardial properties, Med. Biol. Eng. Comput., 38, 562-568, 2000.

Tungjitkusolmun, S.,Vorperian, V. R., Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., and Webster, J. G.., Guidelines for predicting lesion size at several endocardial locations during radio-frequency ablation, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 48, 194-201, 2001.

Tungjitkusolmun, S., Haemmerich, D., Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., Choy, Y. B., Vorperian, V. R., and Webster, J.G., Modeling bipolar phase shifted multielectrode catheter ablation, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 49,10-17,2002.

Woo, E. J., S. Tungjitkusolmun, H. Cao, J. Tsai, J. G. Webster, V. R. Vorperian, and J. A. Will, A new catheter design using needle electrode for subendocardial RF ablation of ventricular muscles: finite element analysis and in-vitro experiments, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 47, 23-31, 2000.

Cao, H., Vorperian, V., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Tsai, J.-Z., Haemmerich, D., Choy, J. B., Webster, J., Flow Effect on Lesion Formation in Cardiac RF Catheter Ablation, Abstract & Presentation (1.4 MB) for World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, July 2000.

Cao, H., Vorperian, V. R., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Tsai, J.-Z., Whitesell, L., Van Lysel, M., Woo, E. J., and Webster, J. G., Myocardial temperature monitoring during RF ablation, PACE, 22, 846, 1999.

Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Tsai, J.-Z., and Webster, J. G. 1997. Validation of RF catheter ablation models using basket electrodes. Proc. 19th Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. (Chicago, 1997) (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE), pp. 395-398.

Haemmerich, D., Webster, J.G., Mahvi, D.M., Thermal Dose versus Temperature as Lesion Boundary Estimate, Short Paper & Presentation , EMBC 2003, Cancun, September 2003.

Tsai, J.-Z., Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Haemmerich, D., Vorperian, V., Webster, J., Error Analysis of Tissue Resistivity Measurement, Abstract & Presentation (1.8 MB) for World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, July 2000.

Tsai, J.-Z., Tungjitkusolmun, S., Vorperian, V. R., Dorin Panescu, Hong Cao, Eung Je Woo, and John G. Webster, Noncontact RF ablation creates larger myocardial lesions, PACE, 22, 822, 1999.

Tsai, J.-Z., Cao, H., Tungjitkusolmun, S., and Webster, J. G. 1997. Measurement of swine aortic resistivity, Proc. 19th Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. (Chicago, 1997) (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE), pp. 152-153.

Tungjitkusolmun, S., Cao, H., Tsai, J.-Z., and Webster, J. G. 1997. Using ANSYS for three-dimensional electrical-thermal models for radio-frequency catheter ablation. Proc. 19th Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc. (Chicago, 1997) (Piscataway, NJ: IEEE), pp. 161-164.

Bhavaraju, Naresh, Heat Transfer Modeling during Radiofrequency Cardiac Ablation in Swine Myocardium, PhD Dissertation, Univ. of Texas-Austin, March 2000.

Cao, H., "Preliminary Exam: Myocardial temperature monitoring during RF catheter ablation-in vitro and in vivo", Power Point presentation (1.1 MB), April 1, 2000.

Cao, H., Measuring Contact Area and Temperature during Radio-Frequency Cardiac Catheter Ablation, PhD Dissertation (5.5 MB), Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001.

dos Santos, I., In vivo measurement of the heat convection coefficient on the endocardial surface, PhD Dissertation, Univ. Texas-Austin, 2003.

Jain, Mudit K., An Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Behaviour of Radiofrequency Ablation, PhD Dissertation, Duke Univ., 1999.

Tangwongsan, C., Measurement of in vivo Endocardial and Hepatic Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient, PhD Dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2003.

Tsai, J.-Z., Measurement of in vivo and in vitro swine myocardial resistivity, PhD Dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2001.

Tungjitkusolmun, S., "PhD Final Defense: Finite element modeling of radiofrequency cardiac and hepatic ablation", Power Point presentation (3.0 MB), July 15, 2000.

Tungjitkusolmun, S., Finite element modeling of radio-frequency cardiac and hepatic ablation, PhD Dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2000.

Vorperian, V.R., RF ablation talk by Vicken R. Vorperian, M.D. with images from many sources, Power Point presentation (10MB), Apr. 2000.

Zilinski, Jodi, Examination of Heat Shocked Bovine Myocardium via Histological Assay, BME 699 course paper, 2000.

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